Internal Medicine Alert – February 15, 2010
February 15, 2010
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News About the Blues? The Power of Placebo
While antidepressants are clearly effective in patients with severe depression, their effects on those with mild or moderate depression may be insignificant. -
How Useful Is Family History?
Although current evidence is lacking to define the key elements of a family history in primary care, family history may be useful for motivating positive lifestyle changes, enhancing individual empowerment, or influencing choice of clinical interventions. -
Chest CT Angiography for Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism — Too Much Info?
When a chest CT angiography (CTA) is ordered to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) in an emergency room setting, it is much more likely that an incidental finding will be discovered than a PE. This often leads to decision-making challenges and raises questions about the proliferating use of such technology. -
Ecallantide Injection (Kalbitor®)
A kallikrein inhibitor has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE). -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Globally defined, heart failure exists when delivery of oxygen to the tissues is insufficient to meet demand. -
ECG Review: A Funny Feeling in My Chest
The ECG shown above was obtained from a 42-year-old man who presented with the complaint of "a funny feeling in my chest." -
Pharmacology Watch
Results from a Phase 3 study of dabigatran, intensive lipid-lowering in CVD, H1N1 vaccine dosing and efficacy, and FDA Actions.